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Committee Assignments for the 111th Congress
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Today, Nov. 08, 2009

    
        No committee hearings scheduled
        
    

Monday, Nov. 09, 2009

3:00 pm
    Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
         Hearings to examine S.1816, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program, and S.1311, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico.
SD-406        
    

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

9:00 am
    Foreign Relations
         Hearings to examine protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 21, 1994, as Amended by the Protocol signed on December 8, 2004, signed January 13, 2009, at Paris, together with a related Memorandum of Understanding, signed January 13, 2009 (Treaty Doc.111-04), protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on December 1, 2008, at Washington (Treaty Doc.111-03), convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty Doc.111-01), treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc.110-23), and international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on November 1, 2002 (the "Treaty") (Treaty Doc.110-19).
SD-419        
    
9:30 am
    Budget
         Hearings to examine bipartisan process proposals for long-term fiscal stability.
SD-608        
    
9:30 am
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Children and Families
         Hearings to examine H1N1 and paid sick days.
SD-430        
    
10:00 am
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development
         Hearings to examine ending veterans' homelessness.
SD-538        
    
10:00 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         Hearings to examine policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SD-366        
    
10:00 am
    Finance
         Hearings to examine climate change legislation, focusing on considerations for future jobs.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and Daniel I. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
SD-342        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine strengthening our criminal justice system, focusing on extending the Innocence Protection Act.
SD-226        
    
10:30 am
    Foreign Relations
         To receive a briefing on Sudan.
SVC-217        
    
2:15 pm
    Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S.1524, to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of United States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges of the 21st century, S.1739, to promote freedom of the press around the world, S.1067, to support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, proposed legislation deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and the killing of political protesters, H.Con.Res.36, calling on the President and the allies of the United States to raise in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral for a the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, and calling on Iran to share the results of its investigation into the disappearance of Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted at The Hague on November 23, 2007, and signed by the United States on that same date (Treaty Doc.110-21), the nominations of Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, and Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, all of the Department of State, and James LaGarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
S-116        
    
2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters.
S-407        
    
3:00 pm
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Hearings to examine protecting consumers from overdraft fees, focusing on the Fairness and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act.
SD-538        
    

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

10:30 am
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         Hearings to examine reauthorization of the United States child nutrition programs, focusing on opportunities to fight hunger and improve child health.
SD-562        
    
10:30 am
    Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs
         Hearings to examine United States counterterrorism priorities and strategy across Africa's Sahel region.
SD-419        
    
2:30 pm
    Foreign Relations
         Hearings to examine the United States and the G-20, focusing on remaking the international economic architecture.
SD-419        
    

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

9:30 am
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         Hearings to examine reforming the United States financial market regulation.
SD-106        
    
9:30 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine easing the burdens through employment.
SR-418        
    
2:30 pm
    Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
         Hearings to examine managing Federal forests in response to climate change, focusing on natural resource adaptation and carbon sequestration.
SD-366        
    

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

10:00 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         Hearings to examine environmental stewardship policies related to offshore energy production.
SD-366        
    
 
  

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